Strategy and Planning Analyst

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About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on

About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on 's UK A-List twice in the past three years - rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms.

The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

Overview

About the Strategy team

A key component of Ropes & Gray’s success is a strategy team that supports the firm’s leadership in making a wide range of strategic business decisions through rigorous research, analysis, and assessment. The strategy team enjoys the trust of Ropes & Gray’s leadership and is called upon to advise on important strategic decisions about the firm’s future. The wide range of practice areas at Ropes & Gray and the broad array of client segments and geographic markets that the firm serves result in strategy team projects that span many disciplines – indeed, no two projects are alike – and variety is the name of the game.

Strategy team members have diverse backgrounds, but share an immutable commitment to the excellence of our work product and to the growth and development of team members. We are dedicated professionals, we work together as a team that has a strong sense of purpose, and take great pride in our collective success.

About You

We are looking for a special individual to join us. Ropes & Gray is an exceptional firm and a special place to work. The strategy team is a group of highly capable, humble, and deeply committed professionals with an impressive track record of excellence in all that we do.

You are our ideal candidate if you are curious, self-motivated, patient, and poised; enjoy working in an environment where team members are supportive and have each other’s backs; possess an innate desire to own and complete assignments to the highest standard in a timely manner; and have experience, aptitude, and interest in both quantitative and qualitative business analytics. As a member of the strategy team, you will feel vested in the team’s success and will care about the professional experience of colleagues.

You will enjoy working on a wide variety of strategy projects that are challenging and provide opportunities for growth.

Responsibilities

• Research and analysis , which is a cornerstone for every analyst/senior analyst. This means you get to be curious and learn every day. You will independently gather, analyze, structure, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative business, external market, and competitor data and information, as well as examine aspects of the firm’s client base, capabilities, and economics – to find patterns and begin to draw implications.
• Project management and work planning , which includes a broad range of responsibilities from developing hypotheses and figuring out how to explore them to applying effective time management skills to balance multiple efforts and consistently meet deadlines – all while ensuring the highest level of accuracy, organization, documentation, communication, and follow-through.
• Emerging decision support , which starts with the presentation of findings through compelling and logical deliverables such as qualitative and quantitative exhibits, as well as discrete sections of written reports. This…